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Q: Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 41: Quanteneffekte IV

Q 41.5: Talk

Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 11:40–11:55, HII

Signatures of the Unruh effect — •Ralf Schuetzhold — Technische Universitaet Dresden, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, 01062 Dresden

With the ultra-high field strengths which may become available in the near future (via the compression of electromagnetic pulses), it might be possible to observe signatures of the Unruh effect from strongly accelerated electrons/positrons. After a short review of the main mechanism, the possibility of discriminating the photons created via the Unruh effect from purely classical radiation is discussed.